Freshmen

1st Semester--Miss Ritchie

	Beginning of the Year Stuff	Miss Ritchie's Class Expectations/Rules Curriculum Overview Concept Units
	To Kill A Mockingbird	Vocabulary Guide (with pictures!) Allusions Idioms
	Expository Essay	The students will take the DWA on November 29th The essay the students will write will be an expository essay The students will be graded on the following: Ideas Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency Conventions The students were given a rubric in class which will be used to grade their DWAs. Essay Outline Handout
	Short Stories	Short Story Elements Notes Edgar Allan Poe bio Read "The Black Cat" Read "The Cask of Amontillado " Read "Annabel Lee" Read "The Bells" Read "The Raven" Read "The Scarlet Ibis" Download and print the Graphic Organizer assignment for this story (pdf format) Download and print the Study Guide for this story See pictures of the scarlet ibis See photos of the plants mentioned in this story "The Necklace" Mark Twain bio Read "The Invalid's Story" Read "The Most Dangerous Game" Read "The Interlopers " TEST Review Short Story Review Chart Short Story Test Review
	The Odyssey
	Literary Terms	Literary Terms to Know

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